Child Rights
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Friday essay: ‘too many Aboriginal babies’ – Australia’s secret history of Aboriginal population control in the 1960s
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article may contain images of deceased people. The Conversation It contains…
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A war on children: Gaza doctors no longer see normal-sized babies
Children are dying at an alarming rate from malnutrition and dehydration and doctors are no longer seeing normal-sized babies. Helen…
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Victoria to forge on with raising the age of criminal responsibility, new bail laws.
Indigenous groups have criticised the Victorian Opposition for attempting to reintroduce bail laws that were previously labelled an “unmitigated disaster,”…
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Ukraine-Russia war: Putin citizenship decree violates children’s rights, Ukraine says
Last March, the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for President Putin over Russia’s policy of forced child deportations.…
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A survey found 1 in 6 men admit sexual feelings for children. So is paedophilia increasing?
This data was part of a study by UNSW Sydney and Jesuit Social Services. Xanthe Mallett The Conversation Researchers asked 1,945 men…
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Yemen: Prioritize Protection of Children
Include Children’s Rights in Potential Peace Agreement (Beirut) – Parties to the conflict in Yemen, the UN, and the international community…
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The shocking number of Australian men sexually attracted to children and teens
Disturbing research into the extent of child sexual abuse has found almost one in six Australian men have sexual feelings…
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Ukraine: War’s Toll on Schools, Children’s Future
Damage from Military Use of Schools, Bombing, Shelling, Looting Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has devastated schools and kindergartens throughout…
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Former state wards abused in care urge Victorian government to follow through on redress promise
“You never really had anyone caring for you,” Mr Helman recalls. Richard Willingham ABC “I wasn’t a happy kid. I…
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Students, Schools Under Attack Despite Landmark UN Resolution
Two years ago, the United Nations Security Council adopted a groundbreaking resolution to safeguard education during wartime. HRW The resolution called on…
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Alarming Increase in Attacks on Education Worldwide
More than 3,000 attacks on education were identified in 2022, a 17 percent increase over the previous year, the Global…
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Too many young people who’ve been in detention die prematurely. They deserve better
And the health and health-care disadvantage faced by these young people may be evident for years. Authors: The Conversation Our…
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We need more than police checks: how parents and educators can keep childcare services safe from abuse
There are about 1.4 million children using a childcare service (including centre-based care, family daycare and outside school hours care) around…
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Attorney-Generals criminalising 13 year olds is a national disgrace
It’s called SCAGS, the Standing Committee of Attorney-Generals. Greg Barns Pearls and Irritations For many years now the Commonwealth, state…
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Our child protection system is clearly broken. Is it time to abolish it for a better model?
Darcey and Chloe Conley were known to the child protection system, but repeated warnings about their safety failed to trigger further investigation.…
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El Salvador: Court Hears Case on Total Abortion Ban
Inter-American Court Ruling Could Set Precedent in Latin America and the Caribbean HRW (Washington, DC) – An Inter-American Court of…
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